Sausage pasta bake recipe that's perfect for either lunch or dinner
Sausage pasta bake recipe that's perfect for either lunch or dinner
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Pasta bake, a dish beloved by many for its versatility as either lunch or dinner, can sometimes be daunting due to complex or time-consuming recipes. But food enthusiast Emilie Pullar from The Burnt Butter Table has come to the rescue with her "easy and insanely delicious" sausage pasta bake recipe. Despite taking an hour to prepare, she assures that it "tastes exactly like a lasagne but with much less effort".
Emilie describes the dish as: "Cooked pasta in a creamy tomato sauce flavoured with sausages and crispy bacon and topped with parmesan and mozzarella cheese." She adds: "Baked to golden perfection, this dish is truly one the whole family will enjoy. I promise you will love this.".
To whip up this mouth-watering meal, start by preheating the oven to 180C/160C Fan/Gas 4. Then, in a large skillet or Dutch oven, melt the butter over medium-high heat and cook the bacon until it's golden, which should take around 10 minutes. Firstly, remove the bacon with a slotted spoon and set it aside, leaving the drippings in the pan, reports the Express. Then, slightly reduce the heat, add the onion and let it cook for about three minutes until it softens.
Next, add the garlic and fennel seeds and let them cook for an additional two minutes before introducing the sausage meat - you might need to increase the heat slightly. The sausage meat should take around five to six minutes to cook. Meanwhile, start cooking the pasta in a large pot of salted water. Then, add the passata and cream to the sausage mixture and bring it to a very gentle simmer.
